North-West College

North-West College is proud to be recognized as one of the finest Medical Assistant Schools in California. We’ve specialized in helping people become a Medical Assistant for over 40 years.

An average day consists of preparing patients to see the doctor, taking blood pressures, measuring heights & weights and recording medical histories. You will also set up the examination room, give immunizations, take EKG’s and perform various lab tests.

Our Medical Assistant Program will help prepare you. On the administrative side, you will help to schedule appointments, order supplies, fill out insurance forms, handle correspondence and maintain patient charts.

Most graduates of our Medical Assistant school program currently serve the profession in medical offices. The majority of Medical Assistants are employed by doctors in private practice or clinic settings. These offices are staffed by both general practitioners and specialists in the medical profession.

Other assistants are employed by rapidly growing group-practice systems. In the group-practice settings, several general practice doctors or specialists join and share one facility, while employing many assistants. Clinics, medical centers, medical institutions, research centers, laboratories, nursing homes,

North-West College is proud to be recognized as one of the finest Medical Insurance Biller Schools in California. We’ve specialized in helping people become a Medical Insurance Biller for over 40 years.

Some of the activities you may be responsible for include: maintaining patient charts, accounts receivable and payable, coding insurance forms and preparing computerized billing. The Medical Insurance Biller school program gets you ready to handle these important activities.

In addition, you will schedule appointments, type correspondence and transcribe doctor’s orders and reports. Best of all, your career skills will travel with you wherever you go, and the opportunities for administrative/clerical graduates are endless.

The majority of Medical Insurance Biller graduates serve the profession as administrative staff employed by doctors in private practice or clinic settings. These offices are staffed by both general practitioners and specialists in the medical profession.

Other Medical Insurance Biller program graduates are employed by rapidly growing large group-practice systems and HMO’s. In these settings, several general practice doctors or specialists join and share one facility, while employing many clerical assistants. Clinics, medical centers, medical institutions, research centers, laboratories, nursing homes, specialized care centers and hospitals are all facilities that employ medical administrative staff.

Pharmacy Technicians are skilled professionals trained to perform clerical duties and tasks related to preparing and dispensing of pharmaceutical drugs.

As the awareness for the use of prescription medications increases and rates of chronic diseases like diabetes and obesity rise across all age groups, there is a growing urgency for trained and licensed Pharmacy Technicians.

The Pharmacy Technician program at North-West College provides the education and training to begin a career working in a pharmacy, hospital, pharmaceutical lab and other healthcare facilities.